enforcement says saved lives bravely confronting and disarming the monterey park gunman. we ll have more on that interview and the latest in that investigation in just a moment. meanwhile, in northern california, a beach side community is the scene of the state s second deadly mass shooting in three days. this time the gunman appears to have targeted his coworkers. also ahead, more convictions for members of an extremist group, heavily involved in the january 6th attack on the capitol. and it appears kevin mccarthy made a bff during his day s long struggle to become speaker of the house. we ll have the new reporting on his alliance with one of the most extreme members of the gop. plus, mike pompeo is making headlines for his criticism of an american journalist who was murdered by the saudi regime. we ll show you those excerpts from the former secretary of state s new book. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 24th. with us, we have the host of
Overdrive over harry and megan . Join us overdrive over harry and megan . Join us tonight at 7a at 7 45pm here on bbc news. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. One of President Trumps closest confidants his former National Security advisor, Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to fbi agents as part of the investigation into alleged russian meddling in the 2016 president ial election. Mr flynn is the most senior former official to be charged in the investigation so far. It has sent political shock waves through washington. General Michael Flynn, Donald Trumps former National Security adviser, turned himself into the fbi, and to a judge admitted lying about his contacts with russian officials. General Michael Flynn Michael Flynn developed a close relationship with donald trump during the election campaign, at one point he was talked of as a potential Vice President. A truly great general. I thank you. At the Republican National convention, he famously led chanting for Hillary Clin
Hello. A brexit deal to get us to the next phase of talks didnt happen yesterday, and today theres been more drama. Theresa may is now trapped between brexiteer mps desire to stop making concessions, the taoiseachs veto over the next round of talks, and the dups hold over her government. Is it like the end of reservoir dogs . Feels like it. But at the heart of it is a trilemma. The uk government is looking for three things from which the eu says we can only have two. Britain wants no land border between Northern Ireland and the republic. It wants no sea border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the uk. But it wants no eu control at home independence from eu rules which implies a border between britain and the eu. The irish say theyll not accept a breach of number one. The dup will not tolerate a breach of number two. So does that mean we have no choice but to breach number three . Well, thats not what Iain Duncan Smith and his fellow brexiteers want. Brexit secretary david davis
Forum, World Leaders speak out against protectionism, the u. S. Ambassador to china tells me that President Trumps policies are appropriate. What were asking for is fairness and reciprocity and open opportunity to compete. Flying in the face of decades of u. S. Foreign policy, u. S. Donald trump says he plans to recognize jerusalem as israels capital city overall, i cannot generalize saying that the u. S. Is making big mistakes, but there are big mistakes that the United States should admit its not a pretty picture this morning for european equities as we look at the heat map. A lot of red across the board. The stoxx 600 down 0. 3 . If we look at the sectors, driving some of that you can see real estate, food and beverages, technology, essentially everything across the board is down, specifically looking at household goods, autos, technology and banks all performing poorly this morning. Looking at steinhoff shares, they lost half their value in todays session after the ceo stepped down
Fighting over chocolate spread 7 the nutella promotion in french supermarkets which left some shoppers injured. We will bring you the story. Good morning and welcome to the programme, its friday, we live until 11am. Loss to talk about this morning with you, including the fact that five male bbc presenters including jeremy vine and huw edwards have agreed formally, or in principle, to pay cut after the row over unequal pay between some men and women doing the same kind of jobs. Also were going to talk about the extraordinary warning from the defence secretary who says that russia could cause thoussands and thousands and thousands of deaths in britian. Thats in an interview with the daily telgrpah. Meanwhile, hes told the daily mail about a dreadful mistake he made in his personal life where he had a brief Office Romance with a fellow worker back in 200a. He said having to explain to his wife what had happened was one of the most difficult things he had ever done. Kevin williams is toute